- TENTATIVE AGENDA - REGULAR MEETING - WOLCOTT TOWN BOARD - MAY 15, 2012

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1 - TENTATIVE AGENDA - REGULAR MEETING - WOLCOTT TOWN BOARD - MAY 15, 2012 A regular meeting of the Wolcott Town Board was held Tues., May 15, 2012, at 6:00 PM at the Wolcott Town Hall with the following people present: PRESENT - Supervisor - Kim Park Councilman - Dallas Youngman Councilman - Jeffrey Keller Councilman - Adam Ellis Councilman - Henry Felker OTHERS PRESENT - Dawn Krul, Town Clerk; Donald Camp, Code En-forcement Officer; Scott Maybe, Highway Supt.; Copies presented to the Town Board: 1. Minutes of April 17, 2012 (Regular Meeting) 2. Minutes of May 1, 2012 (Special Meeting) 3. General Fund Claims (Unaudited) 4. Highway Fund Claims (Unaudited) The Supervisor's, Town Clerk's, Justices, Code Enforcement Offi-cer's, and Highway Supt's reports were presented to the Town Board. Supervisor Park called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM. Pledge of Allegiance - SPECIAL PERMIT REQUEST - Earth, Wind & Solar 2318 Markland Rd. LaFayette, NY Property Location - John Breen Cemetery Rd. Wolcott, NY Tax Map #

2 GENERAL BUSINESS - GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE - 1. Letter and photos from Betty Hittle re adjacent property on Ford Road in a dilapidated condition and her request to have some-thing done about it. 2. Letter from Town Attorney, Art Williams, re Edward P. Dodge vs. Town of Wolcott along with 2 copies of the Respondent's brief he will be submitting to the Appellate Court with regard to said matter 3. Notice from Town of Sterling Town Board and Planning Board re public hearing to be held May 14, 2012, re application by Cypris Development for planned development district. 4. from Tom Agnello re above mentioned notice and the op-position of the residents of Ingersoll Drive to the proposed de-velopment of homes along Blind Sodus Bay which would require road extension of Ingersoll Drive into Cayuga County. 5. Letter to Supervisor Park from Senator Nozzolio re the IJC proposal for the BV7 plan. A motion was made by, seconded by, to accept the minutes of Apr. 17 & May 1, 2012, general correspondence and departmental reports. VOTE - AYES NAYS.

3 ABSTRACT OF CLAIMS - GENERAL ACCOUNT - Claims #172 thru #211 - total - $16, HIGHWAY ACCOUNT - DA Townwide & DB Outside - total - $8, A resolution was presented by, moved by, seconded by "Be it RESOLVED to pay General and Highway claims as presented." VOTE - AYES NAYS. ASSESSOR/BOOKKEEPER - Amber Roberts 1. Application for Tax Exemption/Solar or Wind Energy Systems - HIGHWAY - Scott Maybe CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER - Don Camp 1. Betty Hittle Letter -

4 TOWN CLERK - Dawn Krul 1. RESOLUTION #33-12 STANDARD WORK DAY AND REPORTING RESOLUTION The following resolution was presented by, moved by, seconded by, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town of Wolcott hereby establishes the following as standard work days for elected and appointed officials and will report the following days worked to the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System based on the time keeping system records or the record of activities maintained and submitted by these officials to the clerk of this body: Elected Officials: Title Name Standard Work Term Begins/Ends Employer Record Days/Month Day of Time Worked Supervisor Kim Park 8 1/ /2013 Y 13 Councilmen Dallas Youngman,Chair 8 1/ /2013 N 1.5 Jeffrey Keller 8 1/ /2013 Y 1 Adam Ellis 8 1/ /2015 Y 1 Town Clerk Dawn Krul 8 1/ Y 19 Highway Supt. Scott Maybe 8 1/ /2013 Y 21 Appointed Officials: Sole Assessor Amber Roberts 8 1/ /2013 y Supr's Clerk Amber Roberts 8 1/ /2013 Y On this 15th day of May, 2012 Enacted: Date

5 (Signature of clerk) SUPERVISOR - Kim Park 1. RESOLUTION #34-12 TOWN OF WOLCOTT OPPOSING THE INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION'S PROPOSAL OF PLAN BV7 AND THE RESULTING ECONOMIC HARDSHIP - The following resolution was presented by, moved by, seconded by, WHEREAS, the Town of Wolcott gains over 40% of its property tax revenue from waterfront parcels; and WHEREAS, the Town depends on this income to run its budget and provide services to its residents; and WHEREAS, the International Joint Commission's proposed Plan BV7 will cause flooding during high waters; and WHEREAS, water above the current regulated level of will cause damage to property, structures, businesses, breakwalls, docks, etc. and decrease property value; and WHEREAS, a decrease in property value will lower the amount of tax dollars collected on these parcels and overall therefore result-ing in cuts to vital services provided by the Town; and WHEREAS, this tax burden will then be pushed to other parcels increasing the tax burden for all residents to a level that can't be afforded by a Town that is at the poverty level currently; and

6 WHEREAS, this will result in more foreclosures throughout the Town and more property decreasing in value; and WHEREAS, all businesses in the area will suffer due to loss of tourism, waterfront related activities and increased tax burden re-sulting in businesses and job losses; and WHEREAS, the Town and its residents will have no way to recover from such a negative economic impact or survive; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Town of Wolcott opposes the implementation of Plan BV7 and urges the IJC to remain with the cur-rent regulatory Plan 1958DD; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk of the Town of Wolcott certify and communicate this resolution to US Congresswoman Ann Marie Buer-kle, 25th Congressional District; NYS Senator Michael F. Nozzolio, 54th State Senate District; NYS Assemblyman Robert C. Oaks, 128th State Assembly District and James D. Hoffman, Chairman Wayne County Legislative Board. On Roll Call Vote - Park, Youngman, Keller, Ellis, Felker. SUPERVISOR - (cont'd) 2. RESOLUTION #35-12 TOWN OF WOLCOTT OPPOSING THE INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION'S PROPOSAL OF PLAN BV7 AND RESPECTIVE WATER CON-TAMINATION AND HEALTH HAZARDS CAUSED BY SAID PLAN BV7 -

7 The following resolution was presented by, moved by, seconded by, WHEREAS, the Town of Wolcott has two embayments, Port Bay and Blind Sodus Bay; and WHEREAS, both of these bays depend on septic systems as they do not have public sewers; and WHEREAS, the proposed highs under Plan BV7 will result in flood-ing causing these systems to not work resulting in raw sewage being discharged into the bays; and WHEREAS, residents around the bays depend on this water for household use and will result in contaminating their water supply making their homes and businesses unusable; and WHEREAS, this has a direct impact on the health of citizens, wildlife and the ecosystem; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the Town of Wolcott opposes the implementation of Plan BV7 and urges the IJC to remain with the cur-rent regulatory Plan 1958DD; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk of the Town of Wolcott certify and communicate this resolution to US Congresswoman Ann Marie Buer-kle, 25th Congressional District; NYS Senator Michael F. Nozzolio, 54th State Senate District; NYS Assemblyman Robert C. Oaks, 128th State Assembly District and James D. Hoffman, Chairman Wayne County Legislative Board. On Roll Call Vote - Park, Youngman, Keller, Ellis, Felker. 3. RESOLUTION #36-12 AUTHORIZING TRANSFER OF $128, FROM SMALL CITIES BUILDING FUND TO GENERAL CHECKING - The following resolution was presented by, moved by, seconded by, WHEREAS, the Town received a grant from Governor's

8 Office of Small Cities for handicapped accessibility upgrades for the Wolcott Town Hall; and WHEREAS, these funds are received in a seperate designated ac-count for said funds; and WHEREAS, it is necessary to transfer these funds to general checking for reimbursement of expenses; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, to transfer $128, of Small Cities Funding from Small Cities Building Account to General Check-ing. VOTE - AYES NAYS. SUPERVISOR - (cont'd) 4. RESOLUTION #37-12 TOWN OF WOLCOTT PORT BAY WATER DISTRICT BUDGET MODIFICATION - The following resolution was presented by, moved by, seconded by, WHEREAS, the Town of Wolcott developed the budget for Port Bay Water District project based on estimates for the costs for ease-ments; and WHEREAS, the actual costs for recording fees and other costs for the easements will be more than the budgeted amount; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby au-thorizes an increase in the budget for Land ROW in the amount of $2,000, from $5,000 to $7,000; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes a cor-responding decrease in the Contingency. VOTE - AYES NAYS. 5. Port Bay/Blind Sodus Bay Sewer Funding Update - 6. Town Hall Building Project Update - 7. Town Cleanup Day - May 19th

9 8. Shredding Day - Huron Town Hall - June 2nd, 10AM to 2PM - 9. Board Meeting Date Change for June - The next regular meeting of the Wolcott Town Board will be held, 2012, at 6:00 PM at the Town Hall. A motion was made by, seconded by, to adjourn the meeting at PM. submitted, Respectfully Dawn M. Krul, Town Clerk

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